Update: Van crashes into truck in Elbridge; Port Byron man taken to hospital

View full sizeJim Commentucci / The Post-StandardMark Becker, 53, of Port Byron, suffered injuries to both legs when the Chevrolet van he was driving slammed head-on into a flat-bed truck parked on the shoulder of the road. Becker was taken to University Hospital. The driver of the flatbed, Nathan Walczyk, of Weedsport, was not injured. Elbridge, NY — A Port Byron man was injured this afternoon when the van he was driving smashed into a parked flat-bed truck on Route 5 in Elbridge just west of Hamilton Road, near the Millstone Golf Course.
Mark Becker, 53, of 45 Pine St., crashed into the truck at about 2:30 p.m., said State Police Trooper Leon A. Carrodeguas. Becker, who suffered injuries to his legs, was transported to Upstate University Hospital.
The crash tied up traffic along Route 5 for a couple hours this afternoon.
The truck, driven by Nathan Walczyk, 25, of Ryan Road, Weedsport, was parked on the shoulder of the westbound lane facing east to deliver a backhoe at AllRed, a local business.
Becker was going west on Route 5 in a 2003 Chevy panel van when he looked down from the road, drifted onto the shoulder and slammed into the truck, Carrodeguas said.